Topics in Film

Lighting demonstrations, technical tests, fundamentals of lighting demos, and short scenes illustrating different styles of lighting.

Structured to mimic a 14 week semester, the chapters cover such things as lighting for movement, working with windows, night lighting, lighting the three plains of action and non-fiction lighting. Every chapter includes stills, lighting diagrams and key advice from professionals in the field, as well as lighting exercises for the reader to put into practice what was covered.

The Set Lighting Technician’s Handbook is a friendly, hands-on manual covering lighting and rigging equipment, day-to-day practices and tricks of the trade essential to anyone doing motion picture lighting.

Kris Malkiewicz uses firsthand material from the experts he interviewed while researching this book.

A nuts and bolts guide offering beginning camera assistants and film students information on all aspects of this unique position within the film industry-from cinematography basics to interviewing for the job.

Indispensable learning tool and reference for grips of all experience levels.

Key topics include film formats and aspect ratios, testing lenses and camera equipment, focus theory, film loading and labeling, scene blocking, marking actors, shooting tips, slating, paperwork, equipment maintenance, set etiquette, and finding work.

Covers the most basic methods for evaluating and correcting an overall image to the most advanced targeted corrections and creative stylizations.

Guide to the art and technique of color correction based on the invaluable knowledge of more than a dozen of the top colorists in the world.

This book is a comprehensive and thorough introduction to colorimetry, taking the reader from basic concepts through to a variety of industrial applications.